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Configuring IP Multicast Routing
These sections contain this configuration information:
•Default Multicast Routing Configuration, page 34-7
•Multicast Routing Configuration Guidelines, page 34-7
•Configuring Basic Multicast Routing, page 34-9 (required)
•Configuring a Rendezvous Point, page 34-1 0 (required if the interface is in sparse-dense mode, and
you want to treat the group as a sparse group)
•Using Auto-RP and a BSR, page 34-20 (required for non-Cisco PIMv2 devices to interoperate with
Cisco PIM v1 devices))
•Monitoring the RP Mapping Information, page 34-21 (o pti onal )
•Troubleshooting PIMv1 and PIMv2 Interoperability Problems, page 34-21 (optional)

Default Multicast Routing Configuration

Table34-2 shows the default multicast routing configuration.

Multicast Routing Configuration Guidelines

To avoid misconfiguring multicast routing on your switch, review the information in these sections:
•PIMv1 and PIMv2 Interoperability, page 34-8
•Auto-RP and BSR Configuration Guidelines, page 34-8
Table34-2 Default Multicast Routing Configuration
Feature Default Setting
Multicast routing Disabled on all interfaces.
PIM version Version 2.
PIM mode No mode is defined.
PIM RP address None configured.
PIM domain border Disabled.
PIM multicast boundary None.
Candidate BSRs Disabled.
Candidate RPs Disabled.
Shortest-path tree threshold rate 0 kbps.
PIM router query message interval 30 seconds.